Petition requesting city council deny Boatworks’ application to exceed city’s maximum building height

Let’s be fair please

Please, please, please deny this request to disregard the height restrictions in Wayzata. No hardship, no need.

This request defines the word NON-CONFORMING !

I am opposed to allowing a height variance for the Boatworks project. Every other property owner in Wayzata has adhered to the zoning height limitations that have been in place for decades. Allowing a single project to exceed these limits sets a dangerous precedent. Economic viability is not a legitimate reason to allow a variance. We have all respected the process and adhered to the rules. The Boatworks project MUST be held to those same standards.

I was a Wayzata resident from 1958 to 1988 and think the new boat works proposal is an abomination.

I grew up in Wayzata and as a youth worked on the gas dock at the Boatworks. I spent summer days with friends at the beach. I may live far away but Wayzata will always be home. If this variance is granted the metaphorical Jeanie is out of the bottle. There is no going back. Picture downtown Wayzata as a canyon of cement and brick buildings. It will lead to endless lawsuits when others request variance to go higher for office buildings and such. Whose interests matter most? Those of the people who live in and visit Wayzata or the few investors that clearly have contempt for the citizens and city government. Who upon winning this battle will take their profits and either run or perhaps use them to stage the next fight to build even higher. Please do not allow this horrible precedent to be set. Please do not subject Wayzata and Lake Minnetonka to years of noise pollution by granting a variance that degrades the quality of life for all to benefit a few. Thank you

The city of Wayzata has fought to keep Wayzata's small town charm. Do not change course now. Vote against this.

Keep the regulations the same for all ! Why exactly make exceptions? What and who gains from exceptions ?

I do not think this is in line with what Wayzata wants for the city and residents. The height will ruin the look of the city not to mention the major blocking of views. The solution for the owner would be to create something that has a more forward thinking idea amenable to a larger amount of people. Do we really need another luxury condo when the residents are likely gone all winter. The challenge is to come up with something that is viable financially for the owner of the property as well as a fantastic gem for the city . How about getting Born to consult with architects that create very creative solutions for tough situations.

Please do not do this. Wayzata has already become a city of walls. The beach is well-loved, well-used and a valuable open green space that could never be replaced. What is the council thinking?

Please deny this development. Please, please, please.

Should never happen, no one has gotten it before, for good reason!

Just too tall for lakefront property and no one else who requested this height was approved. This should not be either.

Wayzata has lost so much of its appeal and character. The Boatworks plan would all but kill it. In the last 5 years I have reduced my time in Wayzata by 50%, and 15 yrs ago I had my offices there. Don't kill Wayzata.

4 stories is too tall for the wayzata Downtown area.

Be careful to save the small town charm. It’s being turned into Disneyland - imitation “lake village”.

Ruin everyone else’s view for your gain? Shame on you

This would help to destroy the feeling of Wayzata and what makes it a special place.

Do not change the laws for this development.

Please keep the Wayzata shoreline and beach accessible to the public and do not spoil the view at or across the shoreline with a high-rise condo that benefits only a few. It's already hard enough to enjoy the lake without paying a premium at one of the expensive restaurants there. All other builders had to adhere to the code too.